SPOTLIGHT

Viet Nam ratifies Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announces launch date of his Disarmament Agenda “Securing Our Common Future”

Podcast discussion on Nanotechnology with Dr. Jürgen Altmann, Technical University of Dortmund

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)

Reminder to Member States of new deadline (15 May 2018) to submit National reports on Military Expenditures

India-Wiesbaden Conference calls for enhanced cooperation with industry in combating proliferation of WMD

Austria ratifies the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Statement by the Secretary-General on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)

DISARMAMENT IN THE NEWS

Imaging drones to spot signs of explosive chemicals leaking from landmines

UNFOLD ZERO interviews UN General Assembly President

Project to connect American youth with Atomic Bomb survivors (Hibakusha) winding down

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Showing Hiroshima’s Reality

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India-Wiesbaden Conference calls for enhanced cooperation with industry in combating proliferation of WMD

Promoting the ratification of the Biological Weapons Convention in Haiti

High Representative visits Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Kathmandu; meets host Government officials

DPKO and ODA brief UN staff on the Effective Weapons and Ammunition Management handbook

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and UNODA partner to empower women for peace and security

ANNOUNCEMENTS

High-level international conference on nuclear disarmament and its organizational meeting postponed

Information for NGOs that wish to apply for ECOSOC consultative status for 2019 UN intergovernmental meetings (Deadline to apply is 1 June)

Notes Verbale requesting views of Member States for disarmament-related reports mandated by the General Assembly

Information for States parties, observer States and IGOs attending the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the NPT

Information for NGOs attending next Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the NPT

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